[Russia] - Towns in Russian Border Region Scrap In-Person Return to School Amid Drone Strikes, Shelling

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
artillery strikes.Each year on Sept
1, Russian schools open their doors to students, parents and teachers in what is known as Den' Znanyy, or the Day of Knowledge.Bryansk
said following a regional crisis center meeting.Among the options offered to students living in the affected border towns are in-person
studies based at recreational campgrounds and sanatoriums, he added on the Telegram messaging app.Bryansk is at least the second Russian
region near the border with Ukraine to partially switch from in-person to remote learning due to cross-border shelling
The Belgorod region was thefirst to make the switch to remote learning last fall.At the same time, Bryansk is among several Russian regions
near the Ukrainian border to face intensifying drone strikes in the 18 months since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine.On Thursday,
Bogomazreported that Russian National Guard troops shot down three drones over the region's capital city.Also on the same day, Bogomaz and